[Short summary: it's not Open Source, but still claims to be]
On Sun, Jun 13, 1999 at 04:00:29PM -0700, Bruce Perens wrote:
> This is probably another "means well but needs some license education" case.
So, is anyone official willing to spend the few minutes
to write an email to t
From: Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> (1) Programs that use other programs are derivative.
Yes. In general, operating systems come with licenses that allow you to use
their publicly-exported APIs without that use being considered a derived work.
But they make that _choice_ when they license their
I agree with your call on the DFSG #9 violation, it's not currently Open
Source.
> From: Brian Ristuccia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> * You may not distribute a modified version of this software without
>providing source code.
Doesn't violate DFSG #2 _or_its_intent_. This clause is
On Fri, Jun 11, 1999 at 01:41:51PM -0600, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote:
> Up to a certain degree, I'm sure some people will have interest in extending
> and modifying the program for their own research. Let's say some research
> group finds my codebase useful, and extend it into a direction I haven't
From: Tommi Virtanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> "You may not redistribute it with other software which is not free."
You shouldn't even have to ask :-) To quote the OSD:
9. License Must Not Contaminate Other Software.
The license must not place restrictions on other software that is distributed
along
From: Brian Ristuccia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> What about folks developing Microsoft Windows apps with djgpp or cygwin32?
Microsoft's application license explicitly prohibits you from running their
applications on a non-Microsoft operating system.
If they wanted to prohibit certain classes of applic
Bruce Perens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
From: Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> The Microsoft C library source is licensed for incorporation into
> applications, but Microsoft OSes are not.
Before you make your final assertion of this datum, can you provide us with
a copy of the MS
On Sun, Jun 13, 1999 at 11:00:25PM +0300, Tommi Virtanen wrote:
> [Please Cc: me, I'm not subscribed to this list]
>
> Hi. I'm pondering on packaging bake
> (http://bake.werken.com/), but I'm not sure
> how it's license relates to the DFSG.
>
> If you could
[Please Cc: me, I'm not subscribed to this list]
Hi. I'm pondering on packaging bake
(http://bake.werken.com/), but I'm not sure
how it's license relates to the DFSG.
If you could please take a look at
http://bake.werken.com/dox/licensing.html
On Sun, Jun 13, 1999 at 11:50:31AM -0700, Bruce Perens wrote:
> From: Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > The Microsoft C library source is licensed for incorporation into
> > applications, but Microsoft OSes are not.
>
> Before you make your final assertion of this datum, can you provide us with
>
From: Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> The Microsoft C library source is licensed for incorporation into
> applications, but Microsoft OSes are not.
Before you make your final assertion of this datum, can you provide us with
a copy of the MS Windows license and the MSVC license? I'd bet that somewh
From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Copyright is concerned with the making of copies, not "threads of control".
A unique aspect of software is that a derived work can be produced for
automatic assembly by the consumer. The derived work contains a set of
instructions to be executed by the custo
Bruce Perens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
From: Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> And if someone writes a single-purpose GUI shell for the networking
> code in a certain proprietary desktop OS (to pick a completly random
> name, suppose the fancy GUI shell was called 'Netscape'), it
From: Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> And if someone writes a single-purpose GUI shell for the networking
> code in a certain proprietary desktop OS (to pick a completly random
> name, suppose the fancy GUI shell was called 'Netscape'), it should
> be considered a deriviative work of said pro
Bruce Perens writes:
> In contrast, when one piece of software calls into another, you can trace
> the thread of control from one work into another, and a significant part
> of the called work, perhaps all of it, is processed.
Copyright is concerned with the making of copies, not "threads of contr
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